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The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

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 Welcome to exciting new weekly podcasts from top historians, all about the British Civil Wars.© 2023 The World Turned Upside Down Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Britain’s astonishing revolutionary decade

    Britain’s astonishing revolutionary decade
    Jul 7 2025
    The tumultuous revolutionary decade between 1649 and 1660 is often portrayed through discussions of battles, political and religious conflicts and consequent death and disease. But in her recent book, which is now available in paperback, Republic, Professor Alice Hunt of the University of Southampton, shows that it was also a decade of exciting new ideas and innovations ... Read more
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    33 mins
  • Bastion of Royalism – Cornwall in the civil wars

    Bastion of Royalism – Cornwall in the civil wars
    Jun 27 2025
    During the First Civil War, Cornwall remained a key royalist stronghold until a series of defeats culminated in the surrender of Cornish forces to Fairfax’s New Model Army in the spring and summer of 1646. But why was Cornwall so staunch in its support of the monarchy, even after much of the rest of England ... Read more
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    37 mins
  • The Battle of Langport, Somerset July 1645

    The Battle of Langport, Somerset July 1645
    Jun 24 2025
    In this ongoing series of specially commissioned programmes for the World Turned Upside Down, Peter Gaunt, Professor of History at the University of Chester and author of the acclaimed The English Civil War: A Military History, discusses some of the pivotal battles fought during the conflict. As Professor Gaunt says in this programme the south-west of England ... Read more
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    29 mins

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